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Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity
Application deadline: December 19, 2025
UBC Botany seeks candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor in non-seed plant diversity with an expected start date of July 1, 2026. This is a full-time position with an expected starting salary range of $120,000 to $135,000 per annum. Applicants conducting innovative research in the area of bryophyte, fern or lycophyte diversity are encouraged to apply, including those who employ systematics, phylogenetics, evolution, paleobotany, ecology, cell biology, developmental biology, physiology, molecular biology, genomics, or related techniques. The position includes opportunities for strong interactions with UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre, Michael Smith Laboratories, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC Botanical Garden, and faculties of Land and Food Systems, and Forestry.
CIHR Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics
Application deadline: November 30, 2025
UBC Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research stream. Tier 2 Chairs are five-year positions, renewable once, intended for exceptional emerging scholars with the potential to lead in their fields. Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a full-time, tenure-stream appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor at UBC. The successful applicant will be required to prepare a CRC package by the UBC internal deadline of August 21, 2026. The earliest anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2026. Employment is contingent on successful receipt of the applicable CRC award.
Assistant Professors, Computer Science
Application Deadline: December 10, 2025
UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions at the rank of assistant professor in all areas of computer science. Appointment may be considered at a higher rank for a candidate with exceptional qualifications. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. Candidates must have a PhD in computer science or a related field and must demonstrate evidence of research success and a high potential to be leaders in their research field. The department is particularly interested in applicants in the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining.